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John C. Ball

Examiner (ID: 12123, Phone: (571)270-5119 , Office: P/1759 )

Most Active Art Unit
1795
Art Unit(s)
1795, 1759, 4128
Total Applications
1555
Issued Applications
1194
Pending Applications
89
Abandoned Applications
299

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/951751
Seawater Alkalinity Detection System Nov 17, 2020 Abandoned
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17/093033
Cartridge and system for detecting an analyte in a bodily fluid sample at point-of-care biosensing Nov 8, 2020 Issued
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17/088572
Control of evaporation in digital microfluidics Nov 2, 2020 Issued
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17/084541
Differential circuit for background correction in electrochemical measurements Oct 28, 2020 Issued
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17/082682
Mutant aerolysin and uses thereof Oct 27, 2020 Issued
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17/081462
Methods and Apparatus for Processing Droplets Oct 26, 2020 Abandoned
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17/066703
Electrophoretic device and method to separate and detect analyte ions Oct 8, 2020 Issued
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17/766732
ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR Oct 6, 2020 Abandoned
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17/060667
Method for producing a sensor cap with a membrane Sep 30, 2020 Issued
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17/039360
Electrochemical biosensor Sep 29, 2020 Issued
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17/769575
Gas sensor and protection member for gas sensor Sep 27, 2020 Issued
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18/025157
Electrophoretic collection device and nucleic acid pretreatment device Sep 23, 2020 Issued
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17/639514
Low angle membrane frame for an electroplating cell Sep 1, 2020 Issued
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17/638370
Electrochemical measurement of primary or secondary amines Aug 30, 2020 Issued
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17/641528
Electrode substrate, method for manufacturing same, and biosensor using electrode substrate Aug 27, 2020 Issued
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17/768645
Multifunctional corrosion probe system Aug 19, 2020 Issued
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16/995448
Photovoltaic module Aug 16, 2020 Issued
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18/018084
Biomolecule analysis method, biomolecule analyzing reagent, and biomolecule analysis device Jul 30, 2020 Issued
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18/011284
Capillary electrophoresis device Jul 30, 2020 Issued
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16/936638
Sensor and concentration measurement method Jul 22, 2020 Issued
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